A diminutive pelecinid wasp in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey (Hymenoptera : Pelecinidae)

作者:Engel Michael S*; Grimaldi David A
来源:Northeastern Naturalist, 2006, 13(2): 291-297.
DOI:10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[291:ADPWIC]2.0.CO;2

摘要

The first pelecinid wasp in Cretaceous amber is described and figured from a single male preserved in Turonian (ca. 90 Ma) amber from New Jersey. Henopelecinus pygmaeus, new genus and new species, is most notable for its minute body size (ca. 6.5 mm) and unexpanded sixth metasomal segment. The fossil is compared to other genera of Pelecinidae including those taxa of the controversial extinct "family" Iscopinidae.

  • 出版日期2006